Improvement in treadles



UNITED STATES PATENT EroE.

LEOPOLD HEINs, .OE BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN TREADLES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 143,902,l dated October 21,1873; application filed October 10, 1873.

To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEOPOLD HEINs, of Brunswick, in the county of Glynn and State of Georgia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sewing-Machine Power; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification. y

The nature of my invention consists in the construction and arrangement of a treadle mechanism for operating sewing-machines or other light machinery, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my invention appertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe its construction and operation, referring to the annexed drawings, in whichy Figure l is a front elevation of a sewing-machine embodying1 my invention. Fig. 2 is a transverse section of the same through the line w w, Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section, showing the treadles and the levers connected therewith; and Fig. 4 is an enlarged view of the chain-wheel.

A represents a sewingmachine stand, in

`the lower part of which is a rocking shaft, B.

Onv this shaft is firmly secured a treadle, G, which, by a rod, a, is connected with a lever, D, pivoted at one end to the stand A. AnA other treadle, C', is provided with journals b, and pivoted in ears cl d on the rock-shaft B. This treadle is, by a rod, a', connected with a lever, D', which is also pivoted at one endA to the stand A. h represents a chain, the ends Vof which are y attached to the endsvof the levers D and D', and which passes over a wheel or pulley, G, mounted upon a shaft, e, projecting from the frame E of the sowing machine on top of the sta-nd. Thewhe'cl or pulley G is made, on its circumference, with suitable recesses for the links of the chain to drop into, or with teeth to enter or` grasp the links of the chain, and thus insure the turning of said wheel by the chain. On the outer side ofthe wheel Gis formed or attached a 'ratchetwheeh f, into whichY works a springpawl, t', attached to the side of a cog-wheel, I. This cog-wheel is attached to the side of a fly-wheel, H, and both placed upon the shaft e, the cog-wheel gearing with a pinion, m., upon the end of the shaft which operates the needle-bar of the machine. The lever D' is, at ornear'it-s outer end, provided with a weight, J.

The operation of this treadle mechanism is as follows: '.Ihe4 lever'D being down and the weighted lever D up, the treadle will be down,l andthe treadle C up, ready to be forced down. The right foot is placed on the treadle C and the left on G. After starting the ily-wheel by a slight touch of the hand, the leverrD will, with very little assistance of the right foot upon the treadle C', descend, and the chain h, by this motion, turn the wheel G, which, by means of the ratchet-wheel f, pawl t', and cog-wheel I, operates the machine, mitil the lever D has gone as far down as it can go, and drawn up the lever D, the treadles C and C also changing positions. The machine then stops, when, by pressing down the left foot, the treadle C will reverse fact, the machine will sew from seventy to eighty stitches for' each time the treadle is moved, whereas with the usual treadle a machine will only make ive or six stitches.

No effort is required to run the machine, the weighted lever doing it almost alone, or at least with only very slight assistance; and the machine can be stopped instantaneously by pressure ofthe left foot upon the treadle O.

Machines running by a band or belt may be arranged in the same manner, ,the bandwheel then taking the place of the present cog-wheel.

Any light machinery to be operated by a teadle may have this mechanism applied to it.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1.v The combination of the treadles C C', pivoted levers D D', Weight J, chain h, and Wheel or pulley G, all substantially as and for the .purposes herein set forth.

2. The combination with the Wheel G, op-

erated by the chain h and levers D D', as described, of the ratchet-Wheel f, pawl i, and cog- Wheel I or its equivalent, substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

LEOPOLD HEINS. Witnesses:

FRED. KEESECKER', I.C.D1;ETERICH. 

